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“Marcus Sikora, Is A Storyteller who Happens to Have Down Syndrome” by Kari Wagner-Peck

When I handed my 8 year-old son a personalized, autographed copy of the children’s book Black Day: The Monster Rock Band, I told him the author, Marcus Sikora, was a 25 year-old man with Down syndrome. I was anticipating some fixed response, as mothers are want to hope for–and are usually wrong about. Thorin, who also has Down syndrome, said: “Okay” then he sat down and said: “Read.”